Northern Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. [3-29]
Description
Looks at the resettlement of seven families from northern Quebec and three families from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay on Corwallis Island and Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island and the lack of recognition and apology for contributions made to arctic sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 250-286
Description
Study involved interviews with 10 individuals who had served in the legislature or on county councils about their experiences running for, and serving in, political office given that the state is considered to be highly racialized.
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 40-51
Description
Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.
Child Abuse Prevention Issues, no. 20, Autumn, 2004, pp. 1-39
Description
Reviews legislation and services provided in Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand, and suggests new approaches to family and community well-being.
Results found that programing was adequate for the Aboriginal community but there were barriers to the overall delivery of sports and recreation programs.
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
Annual Meeting of IASCP (International Association for the Study of Common Property) ; 2nd, 1991
TASO Research Report. Second series ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Peter George
Richard Preston
Description
Reviews systems of management; centralized, state level versus local-level, community based.
"Paper Presented at the Second Annual Meeting of IASCP, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 26-29, 1991."
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
Scroll down to read paper.
Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
Scroll down to read paper.
Research Project Report (Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network) ; 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Tuma Young
Description
Through 20 in-depth interviews project gathered information on socio-cultural context, state of mental health and well-being during process, and supports which were relied upon.
Final Report from the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform.
[Volume I: Leagacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kearney Healy
Ronna Jevne
Rae Mitten
Gerald T. G. Seniuk
John Burrows
Paul Joffe
Willie Littlechild
Description
Content consists of selected submissions and contracted papers that reflect research and opinion of organizations and writers on critical issues in justice reform in Saskatchewan.
Volume I Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Case Study (Conference Board of Canada) ; December 2004
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 693-04]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Alison Campbell]
Description
Overview of iSisters Technology Mentoring, a program that helps Inuit women obtain technology training to address literacy, basic skills upgrading, and find jobs.
Community Housing And Design Options: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association
Description
Presents results of a workshop held February, 2004 and recommendations for increasing the affordable housing available to Aboriginal people in Saskatoon. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Discusses how the people of Saskatchewan support their social agencies in order to serve the needy and less fortunate people in the province. Agencies include the Saskatoon Friendship Inn, Women of the Dawn, and the Friendship Centre in Regina.
Presents the methodology and results of a survey conducted in Saskatoon's five core neighbourhoods. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer-Autumn, 2004, pp. 480-498
Description
Presents the results of a study which examined how exposure to Indigenous Knowledge in early childhood influenced both individuals and the community as whole.
Behavioral Health Risks for American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Serafini
Dennis M. Donovan
Dennis C. Wendt
Brandon Matsumiya
Carolyn A. McCarty
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Study found that Indigenous youth suffered from more depressive symptoms, discrimination, and generalized anxiety, and were more likely to have initiated substance abuse than the rest of the cohort.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 57-75
Description
Criminal justice organizations of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States and Australia are compared and evaluated as to roles played and successes achieved.